Author Topic: Little Eye On The Crazy World Of Foreigners (Read 134949 times)

Pingu · « **Reply #525 on:** 06 January, 2021, 10:51:45 am »

Naked fugitive found in crocodile-infested waters near Darwin charged with fresh offences

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“He looked like he needed a beer, although he was in a bad way,” Faust said.

Steph · « **Reply #526 on:** 12 January, 2021, 02:49:27 pm »

Down, Shep!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55631198

andrewc · « **Reply #527 on:** 15 January, 2021, 12:46:34 pm »

Skating lady police commandos ..

https://twitter.com/diaahadid/status/1350020576698642434?s=20 & https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1792976/pakistan

Pingu · « **Reply #528 on:** 15 January, 2021, 11:56:18 pm »

Their skates don't match.

orienteer · « **Reply #529 on:** 24 January, 2021, 10:14:55 am »

Undersea aged wine

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210122/p2a/00m/0li/026000c

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #530 on:** 01 February, 2021, 05:02:04 pm »

I was looking for information about a mid-20th century Californian architect, Joseph Eichler, which led to a NY Times magazine article. Then I browsed around the NYT mag and found this:

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Release healed manatees back into the wild. Of course, unless you’re trained and permitted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, you should not handle manatees at all.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/magazine/how-to-treat-a-wounded-manatee.html

I guess it's a change from Florida 'gators.

andrewc · « **Reply #531 on:** 01 February, 2021, 07:27:29 pm »

https://www.independent.ie/news/cost-of-having-someone-killed-across-europe-falls-as-younger-hitmen-blamed-for-violence-40035530.html

Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.....

Kim · « **Reply #532 on:** 01 February, 2021, 07:35:45 pm »

Wondering if brexit chaos means that EU hitmen are unwilling to travel to the UK...

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #533 on:** 01 February, 2021, 07:52:16 pm »

Or they're staying away cos they're scared of Covid.

spesh · « **Reply #534 on:** 03 February, 2021, 07:22:16 pm »

"Give the job of testing the abduction alert system to the intern," they said, "it'll be child's play..."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55925674

Kim · « **Reply #535 on:** 08 February, 2021, 07:17:07 pm »

We haven't had a genital reveal death for a while... https://abc7.com/mi-man-killed-when-cannon-used-at-baby-shower-explodes/10320746/

spesh · « **Reply #536 on:** 08 February, 2021, 07:43:59 pm »

Come to think of it, we haven't had Florida Man making an appearance for a little while either...

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Florida man makes bass bong [&] smokes pot out of bass's ass #BecauseFlorida #SuperBowl https://instagram.com/p/CK7hUYGjsmZ/

https://twitter.com/BillyCorben/status/1358514755971989507

Pingu · « **Reply #537 on:** 09 February, 2021, 11:30:17 am »

Squawking bird blows the whistle on fake video trying to tilt Ecuador election
A widely shared video appeared to show Colombian guerrillas backing a candidate – but an ornithologist spotted something awry

Guy · « **Reply #538 on:** 10 February, 2021, 08:04:03 am »

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A Louisiana woman who’s gone viral as the “Gorilla Glue Girl” is considering a lawsuit after spraying her hair with ultra-strong adhesive.

TMZ reports Tessica Brown has hired an attorney and is discussing possible litigation against Gorilla Glue. She reportedly spent 22 hours in the emergency room at a hospital after she used the company’s heavy-duty Spray Adhesive when she ran out of the hair spray she usually uses, Got2b Glued.

“I figured if I used the Gorilla Glue – you know, by the time I got home, I could have just washed it out,” she told a Toronto radio show. “But when I tried to wash it out, it didn’t move.”

Brown says her hair has been rock-solid for a month now, despite efforts to remove the glue with rubbing alcohol. TMZ reports her ER trip also failed to help, as healthcare workers tried acetone and it burned her scalp, only briefly softening the glue before it hardened again.

https://www.al.com/news/2021/02/gorilla-glue-girl-considers-lawsuit-after-spraying-hair-with-adhesive.html

Beardy · « **Reply #539 on:** 10 February, 2021, 09:34:31 am »

Words fail me. That a law suit can even be considered means there’s something wrong with the legal system over there.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #540 on:** 10 February, 2021, 11:02:06 am »

Good advert for the strength of Gorilla Glue.

ian · « **Reply #541 on:** 10 February, 2021, 11:04:59 am »

It's very convenient PR.

T42 · « **Reply #542 on:** 10 February, 2021, 01:15:22 pm »

No-one's going to tell her she should be wearing a helmet.

mark · « **Reply #543 on:** 10 February, 2021, 01:25:18 pm »

Quote from: Beardy on 10 February, 2021, 09:34:31 am

Words fail me. That a law suit can even be considered means there’s something wrong with the legal system over there.

She's probably desperate for a way to pay the bill for her ER visit and various other medical expenses. 22 hours in an American ER wouldn't be cheap. No mention of whether a court has agreed to hear the lawsuit, which would indeed indicate a real problem with the US court system.

rafletcher · « **Reply #544 on:** 10 February, 2021, 02:08:31 pm »

Quote from: Beardy on 10 February, 2021, 09:34:31 am

Words fail me. That a law suit can even be considered means there’s something wrong with the legal system over there.

That'll ensure the product usage description is changed to indicate only those things that should be attempted with said product, and anything else is at your own risk.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #545 on:** 14 February, 2021, 12:34:56 pm »

Lots of Dutch people out playing on the ice this week. Some however did not heed the warning given earlier this week about making sure the ice is thick enough:

https://nos.nl/artikel/2368612-auto-zakt-door-ijs-in-friesland.html

And if anyone is wondering how thick the ice needs to be, alaska state parks have produced this handy guide:

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Kim · « **Reply #546 on:** 14 February, 2021, 01:01:39 pm »

Meanwhile, across the border, they have metric units and no sense of humour:

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #547 on:** 14 February, 2021, 01:03:09 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 14 February, 2021, 01:01:39 pm

Meanwhile, across the border, they have metric units and no sense of humour:

But also apparently fewer issues with generic lizard monsters...

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Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #548 on:** 14 February, 2021, 01:16:36 pm »

It's an Icezilla.

Polar Bear · « **Reply #549 on:** 14 February, 2021, 01:21:48 pm »

Quote from: Beardy on 10 February, 2021, 09:34:31 am

Words fail me. That a law suit can even be considered means there’s something wrong with the legal system over there.

Anybody can sue and in the USA they usually do. I'd be more interested in the levels of success. Actually no, I'm seriously not interested in narcissistic litigation and the outcomes.

Yanks just love to pull their litigation chains.